A Third Way of Improving Human Rights in the DPRK:

Thispa야r draws upon diverse discussions and actîvities regarding North Korea‘s human rights, in volving both macroscopic and microscopic methodological frames of analysis and action. Ultimately, it seeks 10 explore an altemative that may contribute 10 human rights improvements in thal nation. After issue raising. sections II and m will elaborate on the characteristics, significance, and limitations of two particular approaches for doing 50; based on this discussion, we will further the understanding of those tw。 appr∞ches and help delermine various ways in which North Korean human rights can be improved. Sections lV and V will introduce th, ∞nceptof the dual approach and its ef“cts regarding general împrovements in the human rights situalion in the Democratic People ‘ 5 Republic of Korea (DPRK). There have been 50me compara tive analyses between the two approaches in tenns of level, actor, scope, and stage. Each approach has 。nly its own logical characteristics and expected effects, but also limitations and pro Based on the logic of Aufheben - which has both merits and certain deficiencies - the dual approach ∞nstilutes a “ third way improving the human rights situation in the DPRK. As the dual approach makes use of both the macroscopic and microscopic approaches‘ itsdependen on them wiU persi until it is capa。f making its own impact